{"id":32326,"date":"2019-05-21T09:24:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T13:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=32326"},"modified":"2019-05-21T09:24:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T13:24:39","slug":"pm-tells-opposition-protesters-to-stop-using-antigua-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-tells-opposition-protesters-to-stop-using-antigua-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Tells Opposition Protesters To Stop Using Antigua Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Minister Gaston Browne has told opposition groups protesting the Global Ports deal to stop using the national flag of Antigua & Barbuda.<\/p>

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The coalition of opposition groups has been using the national flag instead of the flags of their various political groups.<\/p>\n

However, Browne says he sees the use of the national flag as desecration of the national symbol.<\/p>

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\u201cAnd they must stop using the Antigua and Barbuda flag, go there with the UPP flag. Don\u2019t bring the Antigua and Barbuda flag in you all politics.\u201d<\/p>

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You want to protest and be protesting with our flag you are defacing the value of our flag,\u201d Browne added.<\/p>\n

Opposition groups calling themselves faithful nationals have been protesting almost weekly. They want the 30-year deal for the management of local ports to be rescinded.<\/p>

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The prime minister is again dismissing the protesters, saying that some of them look \u201chungry.\u201d He claimed their last event last week only had 20 people.<\/p>\n

UPP leader Harold Lovell has commenced legal proceedings questioning the Global Ports deal. The government says the legal action is \u201cfrivolous and vexatious\u201d and will be defeated.<\/p>

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